A special request

[Sebb]

Eildon fish farm has closed down and has sold all it's stock, but there are others around like Buxton and Ballarat, I think a fish farm would be the best bet for a definite catch.

Is that the one on back eildon road?
Used to go to that place to practice fly fishing. $25 catch and release (fly only) weekdays.

[Bugatti]

smokin

I bought two reels like what Cornacarpio uses to catch Carp , , , , I did get them at a very low price

I'm quite happy to modify one (and send it to you) so it still works as a normal reel (for you to cast and set the rod up) BUT it can easily have a Cordless Drill connected to the handle when a fish is on for easy retrieve. This way, it is still a Rod & Reel and should give the closest thing to a reel experience for her.

PM me if you wish and we can work out if it is an option you think suits what you are after.

Cheers, Bill

[smokin_reels]

smokin

I bought two reels like what Cornacarpio uses to catch Carp , , , , I did get them at a very low price


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I'm quite happy to modify one (and send it to you) so it still works as a normal reel (for you to cast and set the rod up) BUT it can easily have a Cordless Drill connected to the handle when a fish is on for easy retrieve. This way, it is still a Rod & Reel and should give the closest thing to a reel experience for her.


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PM me if you wish and we can work out if it is an option you think suits what you are after.

Cheers, Bill

That sounds awesome. would be great if you could. Will hit you up on a PM.
Fishomicko has very generously offered to loan me his deep dropper. Would be good to run two setups on carp and see what she likes better .

[GusG]

What a great thread, Smokin you are a legend and everyone else, good on you for trying to assist. Some great karma for everyone here, top bunch of people on this site

[tracks]

Yes the Eildon back road trout farm has closed, bit of a shame as my grandkids caught their first trout there.

That reel mod is a top idea, how good is that.

[smile0784]

smokin

I bought two reels like what Cornacarpio uses to catch Carp , , , , I did get them at a very low price


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I'm quite happy to modify one (and send it to you) so it still works as a normal reel (for you to cast and set the rod up) BUT it can easily have a Cordless Drill connected to the handle when a fish is on for easy retrieve. This way, it is still a Rod & Reel and should give the closest thing to a reel experience for her.


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PM me if you wish and we can work out if it is an option you think suits what you are after.

Cheers, Bill

Great idea mate.
Can you just take the pin out of the handle to remove the handle to leave the shaft for the drill chuck?

[rb85]

smokin

I bought two reels like what Cornacarpio uses to catch Carp , , , , I did get them at a very low price


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I'm quite happy to modify one (and send it to you) so it still works as a normal reel (for you to cast and set the rod up) BUT it can easily have a Cordless Drill connected to the handle when a fish is on for easy retrieve. This way, it is still a Rod & Reel and should give the closest thing to a reel experience for her.


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PM me if you wish and we can work out if it is an option you think suits what you are after.

Cheers, Bill

Some good work happening here great work Smokin.
Bill can’t Caitlin to see a photo of this engineering masterpiece.

[Bugatti]

Great idea mate.
Can you just take the pin out of the handle to remove the handle to leave the shaft for the drill chuck?

Yeah, smile, I thought about that too BUT then the reel wouldn't have a handle on it and thus wouldn't be able to be used to cast/set as a normal reel. It would be cumbersome to use it with a Cordless Drill always attached or managed solely with a Cordless Drill.

Some good work happening here great work Smokin.
Bill can’t Caitlin to see a photo of this engineering masterpiece.

rb, I would love to take credit for the "engineering masterpiece" , , , , but the idea is actually a combination of Gultch's (to connect a Cordless Drill) , , , , AND , , , , Jim's (to use a reel like everybody else, so smokin's friend can be treated equally with a reel that looks like a normal reel) , , , , just being able to "quick connect" a Cordless Drill for "ease" of reeling in. So really, it is great that Gultch & Jim had the ideas and put them forward.

Maybe use a crappy egg beater or drum reel with a cordless drill on the side

Will it be physically hard for your mate to reel a 'normal' reel?

may I suggest you use a normal reel (and that will make it reel!)...like everybody else would use and I would hazard a guess that your mate wants to be treated equally.

What I'm hoping to achieve, is to replace the "Handle Shaft" by machining a Driver Bit to fit through the Reel, so the handle can still be attached at one end and the other end being able to be used by a Cordless Drill , , , , so being able to be worked in both ways.

Here is a photo, with the Driver Bit placed under the Reel (not machined and installed yet), to give you an idea of what the Reel should look like. A normal looking Reel so smokin can use it as per a normal Reel/Rod setup AND smokin's friend can use it when a Cordless Drill is connected and operating the other end of the Handle Shaft. AND still feel that she is operating a normal Reel/Rod , , , , be it with Drill assist

So it can feel as real as possible, this right angle extension is going to be connected to the Cordless Drill. smokin's friend can operate the Drill which shall reel in the fish AND she can still see the Reel/Rod working as a normal Reel/Rod. With the Drill/Extension setup connected to the Reel, she would be about half a meter from the Reel/Rod and be able to see it all happening in front of her, as we all do when we bring in a fish. Also with the extension being a flexible extension, that should accommodate any handling difficulty, shaking , , , , so that the Reel/Rod setup when it is being used by smokin's friend won't be too disrupted.

The extension comes with a quick "Click on" & "Click off" fitting, so no cumbersome fiddling for smokin when he needs to attach the Drill/Extension setup.

My Mum has Parkinson's Disease and I try to make her life as easy and as normal as I can. I have watched a disgusting behaviour by her so called friends. Most of her so called "loyal and life-long" friends have abandoned her. The biggest pain & suffering of most ailments/afflictions isn't the ailment/affliction itself but how others treat them. So, I have great respect for smokin and his wife for what they are trying to do.

So, no "engineering masterpiece" , , , , I'm just an empathetic pleb with a grinder, who steals other people's ideas.


Undies Bugattiman, shall come to anyone's assistance.

Cheers, Undies Bugattiman :oops:

[smokin_reels]

Thanks mate. That sounds perfect. Its just about finding that balance between normalcy and craziness. We don't want people to feel special, we want them to feel like people. This setup should work nicely.

[smokin_reels]

Let me know how testing goes.